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PASSAGE OF THE DAY:  "By the time the case came to court Lucy Letby was on a hiding to nothing, what with the gross misuse of medical statistics and of conjured up ‘evidence’ since disproven, relating to the use of insulin and injections of air to kill and harm the innocents. A scientifically illiterate judiciary and jury were the icing on the cake for the ‘journali...

PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Brennan heard from Professor Timothy Palmbach, a crime scene investigation expert, and DNA expert Dr. C. Alan Keel, former director of the Forensic Analytical Crime Lab in California, at hearings in July and August of 2022. Keel explained that DNA testing technology has increased significantly since the three men were tried, especially in the abi...

BACKGROUND: "From a previous post of this Blog:  (28 October, 2024): "Discredited former lab analyst Mary Jane Burton: Virginia: Half-hearted effort to identify individuals who may have been convicted because of her tainted work? (Sure looks like it! HL); VPM (Reporter Megan Pauly) reports that the Virginia State Crime Commission has recommended a deeper view of her work. ...

BACKGROUND: "After spending 27 years on death row in a case built largely on disputed forensic testimony, Jimmie “Chris” Duncan was exonerated in June 2026 for the 1998 murder of his former girlfriend’s toddler. Duncan spent 27 years on death row largely due to the testimony of medical examiner Dr. Steven Hayne and Hayne’s co-conspirator and local dentist, Dr. Michae...

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “She knows people are innocent but she doesn’t care,” Brooks said of (Louisiana Attorney General) Murrill during a recent interview, his voice rising with frustration. “She wouldn’t want nobody to do this to one of her loved ones.”

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QUOTE TWO OF THE DAY: "Murrill’s hard-line tactics, particularl...